East Fishkill, N.Y. — A junior high school student is facing possible criminal charges for throwing a small bottle of sulfuric acid at his fellow science lab classmates on June 13, according to Fishkill police. “He basically took the cap off the bottle and threw it across the room,” Police Lt. Kevin Keefe told Green Markets. “It was a four-ounce bottle and it sprayed on those it passed over.” Keefe said 17 eighth graders and a female custodian were decontaminated on site and taken to St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie, where they were examined and released. Under an agreement with the community, a nearby IBM facility sent a hazmat crew to take care of the classroom by putting down neutralizer and cleaning up acid on the floor.
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